Improvement in animal-traps



dem 'sans .EBENEZ'ER OLIVER,

@sont tlle.

or Naw YORK, N.y Y.,

Leners Patent No. 111,771, dated February 14, 1871.

IMPRQVEMENT IN ANlMALTRAPS.

The Schedule-referred to in these Letters Patent and maldng part of thesame.

To all whom tt mayucbncera:

Be it known, that I, EBENEzEn Onvnn, ofthe city, connty, and State ofNew York, have invented a new and' -useful Improvement in Animal-Tramand I do hereby declare that the following 4isa full, clear, and ezsactdescription thereof, which will en?) able others skilled in the art tomake anduse` thesame, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawingforming part oi' this specification, in

which- Figure 1 is a detail lvertical longitudinal section `oi' 'myimproved trap.

Figure 2 is a front end view of the same.

Similar letters of reference' indicatev corresponding parts.

My invention has for its ,object to improve the construction-ofrectangular ,wire animal traps, 'so-as to makethemstronger, moredurable, less liable to get out of order, less liable to frighten theanimal trapped for, and more convenient in use; and

It consists 1n the construction and combination of the various parts oi'the trap, as hereinafter more fully described.

A is the body o f the trap, which is made of wire in theordinary-manner, and which may be atltaehed to a wooden bottom, B, or toa wire bottoni, or maybe made withoni'fa bottom, as may hev desired.

.C isV the door, which is hinged to a wire, a, ex-

tending across the upper part oi' the' open end of the body or box A.

D is a strong wire spring, coiled around the wire a'.

Oncend of' the spring D is secured to thebox A, and its other end issecuredt the door C.

'lle door C is arranged to swing inward, and the spring D is so arrangedas to throw it shut as soon as released from the tripping or settingde-1 vice.

The door C is held closed by the force of the spring D and by thespring-catch E attached to the bottom B, and which is so formed asto bepushed down vby the door Cwhen said door swings shut,

and to at once rise again to its place as4 soon as the door has passed,

rIhe door O is stopped in spring D, or by the entrapped animals by thewires F, the lower `ends of which are attached to the'bottom B at alittle distance from the sides of th body or box A.

The upper ends of the wires F are attached to the forward' ends oi' thesides 0 the body or box A, as

the proper position, and, kept from being forced outward by the force ofthe.

shown in iig. 2, so that the corners of the door, when closed, will.strike against the wires E, and be securelysupported.

AThe lower ends of the verticalwires of the door G yprojectbelowrthelower cross-wire ot' saidl door,`

and are made pointed, so that, should an entrapped. animal succeed inpartially raising the door O, the said wires will stick into him andpreventl'iiinfronr forcing his lway out.

. G is a lever, `which is pivoted near its forward end to a cross-wireof the top of the box or `body A, in such a position 'that its forwardend' may be passed through a loop, c', formed upon the rear or innerside of the door O .in the middle of its lower part, .when said door israised to lie along theunder side of the top ofthe body or box A, asshown in iig. 1.

The rear end of the lever G- extends back so c that in setting the trapit may be passed beneath adiook, h', formed upon the upwardly-projectingend 'of Athe said hook H, as shown in fig. 1.-

The bait-hook His pivoted to the 'rear part of the `Atop of ,the -loodyor -box A, and. its lower or hooked end projects downward nearly to`tllebottomof' the trap.

In the -rear end or side ot' .the box or body A, is formed an' opening,which is closed by the drop doors orv gates I J, which are so made thatwhentheir lower ends rest upon the bottom B, they will be in an inclinedposition,l the lower end o i" the gatev I resting upon the bottom of thebox A, alittle in front-of the lower end of the other gate J.

Ehe upper end of the door I is pivoted to the top Aof the box A, and theupper end of the door I is will present no projecting parts 'tofrightenthe animals awa-y from thegtramand will have no springs liable to getont of order'. Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new and desire lso secure by Letters i Patent;

` l. The' door G of' a rectangular wire trap A,

arranged to swing inward,l provided with` a spring, D, spring catch E,and stops }.4, substantially as herein shown :md described and for thepurpose set forth. l Y

2. The setting und trippingdevices consisting i of lthe pivoted lever Gand pivoted bait-hook H h', in combination with the body or box A andspring door C D, substantially as herein vshown and described, and forthe purposes set forth.

3. AsA an improvement in the double doors of animal-traps, the connecteddoors I J,4 hung from the same pivoting points, :is and for the purposespecified.

The above specification of my invention signed by me Iobis 10th day ofDecember, 1870.`

EBENEZER OLVEE.v fitnesses JAMES T. GRAHAM, GEO'. W. MARRE.

